Max hermann



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX HERMANN, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO TIM, WALLERSTEIN &

Y OO., OF SAME PLACE.

METHOD OSF ATTACHING BIOSOMS TO SHIRTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 322,717, dated July 21,1885.

Application filed March E20, 1885. (No modul.)

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, MAX HERMANN, a resident of the city of Troy, in thecounty of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in the Method of Attaching Bosoms to Shirts; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, that will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use'the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in the method of attaching bosomsto shirts.

The object of my invention is to save labor and at the same time producegreater uniformity in the appearance of bosom-shirts.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view showing a portion of a shirtfront with a bosom attached by my approved method. Fig. 2 is across-section taken at the broken line w y in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is across-section showing the first step in the process, which consists institching the edge ofthe shirt-body to the edge of the bosom. Fig. 4 isa cross-section showing the shirt-body turned over upon the back of thebosom, ready to receive the folded strip.

G is the shirt-body, having a portion of the front cut away to form anopening similar in form to the bosom, but a little smaller, so that whenthe bosom is inserted in the opening the edges ofthe shirt will overlapthe edges of the' bosom, asshown in Fig. 3. The edges of the shirt-bodyare laid upon the face of the bosom and secured thereto all around theoverlapping sides by the row of stitching a. The

shirt-body is then folded over upon the back of the bosom to theposition shown in Fig. 4, forming the fold O, in which position theparts are ready to receive the folded strip c. The folded strip is thenstitched over the seam by a sewing-machine guided by an attachment orgage, which secures uniformity of folds inl the strip and exactness inits location, to neatly cover and conceal the edges of the shirt-bodyand the row of stitching a, thereby producing a neater appearance andsaving the time heretofore required to fold and adjust the strip.

By this method the raw and folded edges of the parts form guides for thesewingmachine attachment, whereby the seams and folds are rendereduniform in location and appearance, and every part is firmly secured.

By the methods heretofore employed the location and'form of the seamsand strip depended upon the skill of the operator, and were not uniform,portions of the edges being left wholly unsecured.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The described method of attaching a bosom to a shirt, which consists,first, in stitching the edge of the shirt-body opening to the face sideof the bosom edge; secondly, folding the shirt-body over upon the backof the bosom and securing the same to the bosom and to a folded stripplaced upon the face side of the bosom, and overlapping both the bosomedge and the edge of the shirt-body opening by a double line ofthrough-and-through stitches, the said stitches passing through all theplies and the folded edges of the said strip on opposite sides of thefirst line of stitches; and, thirdly, turning the shirt-body back fromthe opening, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of March,1885.

MAX HERMANN.

Witnesses:

OHAs. L. ALDEN,

HENRY J. SPECK.

